NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Assistant in Louisiana

67 NPPES records list surgical assistant with a practice address in Louisiana, 1.5 per 100,000 residents, the 15th highest rate of 49. Baton Rouge and Slidell have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 1 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 246ZC0007X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Baton Rouge has the most, 11

  1. Baton Rouge11
  2. Slidell8
  3. Covington6
  4. Alexandria5
  5. Lafayette4

Surgical Assistant records in Louisiana

  1. Joshua Alcina, CFAMorgan City, LA 703801396933131
  2. Karen Basham, CSFA, CST, CRCSTBaton Rouge, LA 708161043858509
  3. Lauren BeshearsSlidell, LA 704581770399727
  4. Rebekah Bonner, CSFABaton Rouge, LA 708101376230904
  5. Greta BourgeoisMetairie, LA 700061487485074
  6. John BowlingAlexandria, LA 713011235576364
  7. Jeremy BrazzellAlexandria, LA 713011104323989
  8. Mary Breaux, CST-CFAHouma, LA 703601689841595
  9. Brittany Brocato, CST, CSFAHammond, LA 704031154670305
  10. Amy Broussard, CST, CSFALake Arthur, LA 705491770998437
  11. Lauren BrumfieldMandeville, LA 704481366990970
  12. Michael Brunet, CSFAKenner, LA 700651801218896
  13. Tana Cararas, SABaton Rouge, LA 708101154638419
  14. Jeanine Casey, CERTIFIED FIRST ASSICovington, LA 704331942517479
  15. Dean Click, CST,CSFAThibodaux, LA 703011891118576
  16. Carmen Daddona, SA-CSlidell, LA 704581942675053
  17. Travis Dauzat, SA-CSlidell, LA 704581124592852
  18. Darlene Davis, CST/FABaton Rouge, LA 708101972945699
  19. Samantha Dickens, CSFAPearl River, LA 704521992031207
  20. Joni Dolhonde, CSFA/CSTSlidell, LA 704611629466321
  21. Pamela Dufren, CSFAAmite, LA 704221376037994
  22. Ginger Duplantis, CST,CSFALafayette, LA 705031720447923
  23. Amanda ErwinSlidell, LA 704581477031763
  24. Shelby Fabre, SA-CBaton Rouge, LA 708081710528427
  25. Lance Fontenot, CSFARayne, LA 705781770815219
  26. Amelia Gibbs, CSFABaton Rouge, LA 708061881252484
  27. Orton Grinnell, CFAMandeville, LA 704711245441898
  28. Megan Hawthorne, CSFAHouma, LA 703601265082754
  29. Danelle Huval, CSFALafayette, LA 705081619786316
  30. Konstantine Jegorov, CSFA/CSTBaton Rouge, LA 708091235022047
  31. Haley Johnson, CSFAShreveport, LA 711151609461136
  32. Tiffany JohnsonSlidell, LA 704611699558981
  33. Maria Kazibutowski, CSAMetairie, LA 700061437516457
  34. Michael Kimbell, CSFASlidell, LA 704581194016394
  35. Donald Kline, CSACovington, LA 704351518947043
  36. Randy Lala, CSTFACovington, LA 704351033547187
  37. Kevin Landry, CST/CSFAMaurice, LA 705551811279128
  38. Lisa LegauxBaton Rouge, LA 708161477341899
  39. Fredrick Magee, CSTFAFranklinton, LA 704381528393725
  40. Stacy Maggio, SA-CSlidell, LA 704581053843292
  41. Angie Martinez, CSFACovington, LA 704351730064130
  42. Britte Meche, CST/CSFALafayette, LA 705081629996764
  43. Whitney Meche, CSFACrowley, LA 705261427860824
  44. Jill Melancon, CSFALafayette, LA 705031922818665
  45. Gregory Melder, SA-CShreveport, LA 711031740686740
  46. Silda Melendez Medina, SA-CGretna, LA 700561447074158
  47. Katie Peterson, SA-CAlexandria, LA 713011881065647
  48. Lisa Pigott, CST/CFAPonchatoula, LA 704541578899258
  49. Ines Pinto Caraballo, SA-CNew Orleans, LA 701141336963123
  50. James Poisso, OPA-C, SA-C, R.T.(R)New Iberia, LA 705601295962538

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Louisiana ranks 15 of 49 per resident

  1. Nevada1.6
  2. Mississippi1.5
  3. Alaska1.5
  4. Louisiana1.5
  5. Indiana1.4
  6. Arizona1.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.5% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Louisiana0.0%
  2. United States0.5%

Surgical Assistant records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 67 · 0.0% here, 0.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more50 · 74.6% here, 55.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

67 NPPES records list surgical assistant (246ZC0007X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 1.5 per 100,000 residents against 1.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Baton Rouge has 11 of them (16%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Ohio70
  2. Wisconsin63
  3. North Carolina56
  4. Maryland83

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Indiana1.4
  2. Alaska1.5
  3. Mississippi1.5
  4. Arizona1.4

The largest states

  1. Texas1,118
  2. Florida900
  3. Georgia325
  4. Virginia302
  5. Illinois261

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.